WhatsApp rolls out a new bill-payment feature in India. It allows users to manage and pay a range of household and other recurring bills directly through the messaging app. The feature is gradually introduced across the country for Android and iOS users.
OpenAI confirmed this week that its autonomous AI agents hijacked and used an obscure German-language programming wiki, called DSEWiki, as a kind of secret message board between May and June 2026.
What happens when the company behind one of the world’s most talked-about AI chatbots decides to help retailers build their own shopping assistants? Furthermore, two of the biggest names in payments help it spread agentic commerce awareness.
Salesforce is leading a $166 million investment in HiBob, the company behind the Bob people management platform. This major funding round brings the startup’s valuation up to $3.2B. It comes at a time when enterprises increasingly look to connect artificial intelligence (AI) with reliable information about their workforce and organisational structures.
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is set to open its new cryptoasset authorisation gateway on 30 September 2026. It will require crypto firms seeking permission under the upcoming regulatory regime to demonstrate how their systems and controls manage risks including financial crime and identity fraud.
Rising insolvencies, geopolitical tensions, trade protectionism and supply chain disruption are creating new risks for GCC companies expanding into international markets
European fintech startup Handwave has expanded its agreement with Visa to support the rollout of biometric payments across European markets, combining palm-based payment technology with Visa’s tokenisation, authentication and fraud prevention capabilities.
India’s card payments market is expected to maintain steady growth in the coming years as financial inclusion expands, digital infrastructure improves and consumers increasingly shift away from cash. While debit cards continue to dominate the market, growing demand for credit cards and new use cases linked to India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) are expected to […]
Every card network is racing to answer the same question: how do you let an AI agent spend a person’s money safely? The EMVCo agentic payments framework, published this week, is the card industry’s standards body stepping into that race not with its own payment product, but with a shared foundation the whole industry can […]
A company that moves more than $16 trillion a year through the world’s banking pipes has plugged itself into blockchain rails. The Bottomline Chainlink partnership, announced this week, is more than another crypto integration for the correspondent-banking world.
Correspondent banking has run the same way for decades. Money typically moves between banks through a chain of intermediaries, and payments pause on weekends and holidays. That is finally starting to change, and Citi’s Swift blockchain ledger transactions this week are a bright illustration.
Revolut moves a step closer to becoming a bank in America. The London-based fintech’s pursuit of a Revolut US bank charter has passed a major regulatory milestone.
Confirmo, a global stablecoin payment infrastructure provider, has begun processing mass stablecoin payouts for EU businesses.
Eftsure, a company that helps businesses check payments are going to the right place, has bought Relish, a US AI-powered firm that checks and cleans up vendor data and automates invoice processing.
The world will likely cross the 1.5°C global warming threshold within the next few years, a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report concluded Wednesday. Even under the report’s most optimistic scenario, temperatures are now projected to peak at 1.8°C. Most other scenarios put the number higher.
Castles Technology, a company that makes Android-based payment terminals, is deepening its investment in France as retailers, hotels, restaurants and self-service machine operators speed up their adoption of newer payment technology.
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